On Friday the New York Times revealed a leaked internal memo, in which dozens of US diplomats expressed disagreement with US President Barack Obama's foreign policy.
The letter is signed by 51 US State Department officials and calls for the US to carry out military strikes in Syria against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces. This, they hope, would enable Washington to ultimately change the Syrian government.
Fred Fleitz, Senior Vice President for Policy and Programs at the Center for Security Policy, told Radio Sputnik that a Libya-style intervention in Syria would worsen the situation there.
"What happened in Libya is that no-one gave any consideration as to what would happen after Gaddafi left power, and the same thing could happen in Syria. If we just knock out Assad who would take over? I think Syria would get worse, because it could become taken over by a government run by al-Qaeda or ISIS) Daesh," Fleitz said.
"My solution is that we have to have an international coalition led by NATO, with regional states to resolve the situation with the Assad government, ISIS and the al-Nusra Front. I don't think just attacking Assad is the solution."
"What was done in Libya was half-hearted," the US expert believes.
"This is where the phrase 'leading from behind' came for the US. It was mostly a bombing campaign, run by the British and the French. You may remember that they bombed so much they ran out of bombs."
"I think that if we had an intervention like this, it would have to have significant regional support, and frankly we're nowhere near that right now," he said.
